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The anime is fast catching up so the GMG arc is actually going to have to concluded in the next few months. They need approximately 6 weeks lead time to complete an anime episode from start to finish (script > planning/layout > draw cells/do music > color > voice acting > assembly/post production) , so the filler arc is planned based on the mangaka's time estimates of when an arc will be complete. (That way they don't have to pause midway in the arc for random filler episodes, or worse, pause the anime entirely.)

I have to say, they've done a good job of stretching out the arc though. Things that felt rushed in the manga got a more extensive treatment, like the Erza Monster Cleanout getting a whole episode. Yet it hasn't gone to DBZ levels of pointless stretching, and things are still moving along.

I was more right than I realized.

Fairy Tail anime will be going on hiatus at the end of March.

Edit: Oh, and Kubi Tite just tweeted that the Bleach anime is returning to TV Tokyo.

Edited, Mar 3rd 2013 11:31am by catwho

Flashbacks! Flashbacks as far as the eye can see.

Naruto: I did like the Rock Throw Message near the end. SpoilerThe whole flashback scenario reads like Romeo & Juliet. Two families that hate each other, their kids not knowing exactly why yet wanting to be together. The only difference being we know they won't be nice enough to kill themselves.

Bleach: I don't even remember the fight to remember whether anyone reacted to Ichidad's appearance. Either way, handwaves are par for the course for the series. Seriously, next we'll find out that SpoilerIchigo's mom and Uryu's dad are brother and sister, who are both some how related to Chad and Orihime's parents in some way.

One Piece: Main crew already up to shenanigans. SpoilerBlind swordsman angle looks interesting to me.

Edited, Mar 6th 2013 10:28am by lolgaxe

Fairy Tail: SpoilerI feel cheated out of an epic 1 on 1 battle, but I guess it was needed as proof. Ok my next guess for the upcoming battle is that Acnologia uses the energy from the Eclipse 2 canon to rip a hole in time to the "War of the Dragons" and brings the 10k dragon army through to the future.

Ya, that was a pretty anti-climatic Fairy Tale.

Nothing really happened in Bleach, the big reveal was last chapter.

Also, I think the final battle in Gantz has started, if anyone cares. However, with the pace they put out new chapter, said battle could last a year.

SpoilerI noticed it in the previous chapter, like the first or second page. I originally thought it was the hood of her cape and she was talking about blood on her back or something.

I watched the Fairy Tail movie over the weekend, and caught up with the anime. The movie is more of a short story arc, and I didn't really enjoy it all that much. I also noticed while watching episodes that they use a lot, a LOT of blue. At a minimum it's the dominant hair color.

SpoilerHe's probably going to pull a Naruto and claim that a piece of the Hollow infected Isshin, and then transferred to Ichigo when he was conceived.

Also who wants to bet that the maid turns out to be Uryu's mother.

And lolgaxe lands a fatal blow with the Mexican joke. The Challenger is down for the count!

copy pasta of something interesting about the latest bleach chapter:

Fairy Tail: SpoilerI'm liking Future Rogue's look.

It looks like he merged with Sting and grew out his hair to mid-back length.

The new FT crack theory is that all the dragon slayers were put to sleep when their "dragons disappeared" and it wasn't really 7 years (now 14 years) ago, but 407 years ago when the dragons disappeared because Zeref was sealed. They put their pet humans to sleep so that they would someday wake up and be able to defeat Acnologia for good. That would explain several things: Why Zeref recognized Natsu, why Natsu and Gajeel couldn't pass the "80+ years old" runes, and why people act like there weren't dragons hanging around all over the place just under a decade or two ago.